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This is not used as a word of Allarum, at Sea, as it is on Land; for at Sea, we use to say, make ready the Ship; which implies the fitting of all things belonging to a fight. A Ship that is full of Munition, small and great, and her fights and Ordnance well disposed and placed, is called a Ship well armed: To arme a shot, is to bind some Ockham, Rope, Yarne or old cloutes, &c. about one end, as in Crosse-bar shot, it is most commonly used, that that end which goes first out of the
peece, should not catch hold in any flawes of the peece, whereby it be in danger to breake it. The same we use to any kind of broken Iron, of two or three foot long, which we use when we come Boord and Boord in fight, out of our great Ordnance, we also use to Arme some small shot for Muskets, like our crosse-bar.